Photo tips
How to shoot your product photo
Your video can only be as good as your photo. A few minutes with your phone makes a much better video.
We don't invent detail that isn't in your picture. Blurry, dark, tiny or digitally zoomed photos give a soft, dull video. If a photo is too small or too blurry to use, we tell you and keep your credit.
- Fill the frameGet close so your product is the biggest thing in the photo, not a small shape in a big empty background.
- Use real lightShoot near a window in daylight, or face a lamp toward the product. Never shoot with the light behind it.
- Hold steadyRest your phone on a table or a stack of books, and tap the product on screen to focus before you shoot.
- Plain backgroundA clean table, wall or sheet of paper behind the product. We cut the product out, and a clean edge cuts out best.
- Go bigUse your phone's highest resolution and don't zoom in digitally. Move closer instead. Aim for at least 1000 pixels wide.